Holder for street-signs.



PATENTED JULY 31, 1906.

P P; FLOWERS.

HOLDER FOR STREET SIGNS..

A PPLIOATION FILED MAY 18, 1905.

' XVI/491171725- fizm 7 25 post and cap'in section.

- h .To all whom it may concern:

FRANKP. FLOWERS, or TOLEDO, OHIO.

HOLDER FOR STREET-SIGNS.

Be it known that I, FRANK P. FLowERs', of

, I Toledo, county of Lucas, and'State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Street-Signs; and

; I do hereby declare that the following is a full,-

clear, and exact description of the invention, wh ch wlll enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanydrawmgs, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which ferm part. of this specification.

This invention relates to signs, and more especially of that class which are adapted to be supported on posts, as at street-crossings and t e like; and the object of the same is to simplify and chea en the construction while maintainin the etachability of parts and excluding t e elements from within the sign,

j where they might produce rust.

To this end, the invention consists in the I details described below and shown in the ac- ;T, companying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of this sign with its Fig. 2 is a plan view.

ig. 3 is a-detail showing one channel-bar and one end bar. Fig. 4 is a detail of the spacing-block between the two signs proper. 3o.

Fig. 5 1s a detail of the cap.

The numeral 1 designates the post, on whose upper end is screwed a cap 2, which preferably has a transverse rib 3 and is centrally pierced for the body of a bolt 4. Its hea 5 is countersunk at the inside of a-top I plate of the ca ,while its nut 6 is at the top for change and repair.

' metal, although of the entire evice, thereby permitting its removal, so that the parts can be separated As shown herein, there are two signs pro er standin at angles to each other, and as t ey are ali e in construction a'description of one will suflice. 4

10 10 are channel-bars each having twoin- .wardly-openin channels 11 along its edges,

in which are c amped the 'si s proper, 12,- and an intermediate. channe o ening outwardly. The signs are preferab y enameled lass or embossed-metal could be employed.

13 represents the end bars, which are preferably of U -shape metal, and they mabe soldered at top andbottom between the c annel-bars if permanency is desired, or they may be clamped between these bars when the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 18, 1905. Serial No. 2611 pierced Patented July 31,1906.

1 bolt is tightened, as described below. These end bars are for the purpose of excluding snow andrain from between the twin signs 12, which, it will be understood, maybe uplicates ,on their reverse faces.

In Fig. 4 is shown a spacing-block, which he're consists of a central portion or hub 20 and to and bottom ribs 21 cast thereon or secure thereto at the proper an le to each other, the whole being pierced w1t a central sembling the parts the ca with its bolt, is placed upon the post. within its channel-bars 1s passed overt e bolt (the top and bottom bars 10 being pierced centrally for that purpose) and the interme- T e lowermost si n- 5 1 hole 22 for'the passage of the bolt. In asdiate channel of the lower bar engaged, with the rib 3 on the cap. The spacin -block 1s then passed over the bolt with its ower I'lb in the intermediate channel of the uppermost bar of the lower sign. The upper sign 1s then similarly passed over the bolt and "turned at anangle to the lower sign, so'that the upper rib of the spacing-block will engage its lower channel, and finally a washer and nut are ap plied to the upper end'ofthe bolt, the washer being sufliciently large to span the lntermediate channel in the upper bar. What is claimedas new is- 1. In a sign, the combination with two parallel separated signs; of a support therefor comprising upperand lower channel-bars,

each having channels along its two edges to receive the edges of said si ns, end channel- I bars interposed vertically etween said to and bottom bars and interposed laterally between said signs, and'means between said signs for clamping the parts tightly together to excluderain from between t e s1 s..

2. The herein-described sign, t ;e same comprising a post, a cap thereon havingia rib and pierced with a central hole, a plura ty of pairs of spaced sign-boards, channel-bars having side channels enga ing their upper. and 1 lower edges and also aving intermediate ,channels, a spacing-block separating the dif-' ferent signs and havin ribs engaging the intermediateohannels 0 their adjacent bars,- passing through sald cap and an upright bolt with its 0 y passing through said channe bars between the sign-boards and" through said s acing-block.

. 3. he herein-described sign, the same comprising a supporting-cap having a rib and with a central hole, two parallel separated signs, top and bottom channel-bars and between the signs, and a washer and nut having inwardly-opened channels near their on its upper end.

edges for the ed es of the signs and out- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as wardly-opening c annels intermediate said myown I affix my signature in presence of 5 side channels, the intermediate channels betwo witnesses.

ing pierced with holes and the lower intermediate channel reeeiving said rib, end bars FRANI? FLOWERS of U shape inter osed between the top and Witnesses: bottom bars an filling the space between CARL H. KELLER,

f 10 said signs, a bolt passing through said holes J W. RIDDLE. 

